Zubkov: EU has little time for the preparation of gas infrastructure
Russia has already made a conclusion about the redirection of gas supply in the European Union, bypassing Ukraine 2019, because Brussels has little time to prepare infrastructure, said the head of the Board of Directors of Gazprom, Viktor Zubkov, speaking in Vienna at the European gas conference ". " taking into account the accepted conclusion about redirecting supplies from 2019, the European partners have not so much time to prepare infrastructure) ", - he said, reports a news Agency. Remember, 20 January the Minister of energy Alexander Novak at the meeting with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that advises the European partners now to start the construction of infrastructure for the gas hub on the Turkish-Greek border. With his hand in Gazprom told that the intergovernmental agreement on the gas pipeline from Russia to Turkey is expected to sign in the 2nd quarter 2015 1st gas to apply early in the winter of 2016. The head of centuries Putin on 1 December said that the Russian Federation may not in current conditions to continue implementation of the " South stream ". Instead Moscow and Ankara have agreed on the construction of an offshore pipeline in Turkey. It is planned that the Russian Federation will supply energy in Turkey, which will sell gas from Russia to the countries concerned.